communist women writers

Sylvia Townsend Warner

English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as Lolly Willowes, Whether a Dove or a Seagull, and After the Death of Don Juan.

Tillie Olsen

American writer who was associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.

Jessica Mitford

English author, one of the six aristocratic Mitford sisters noted for their sharply conflicting politics

Natalia Ginzburg

Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy

Simone de Beauvoir

French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, socialist, and social theorist